Arrow Electronics, its engineering services subsidiary eInfochips and STMicroelectronics have unveiled a fully functional industrial autonomous mobile robot (AMR) reference platform designed to shorten the path from concept to deployment for professional service robots.
A working robot, not a parts list
The kit is built on a complete STMicroelectronics bill of materials, tightly integrated with an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano compute platform and a ROS 2 software stack supporting Cartographer, NAV2 and RViz. An STM32-based real-time controller board bridges the NVIDIA platform to the robot's sensors and actuators, while dual BLDC motor drives based on STSPIN32 and STDRIVE devices handle precise motion control. ST MEMS IMUs, magnetometers and environmental sensors — complemented by lidar and vision — feed SLAM-based mapping and navigation, and the 24V power architecture carries a pre-validated path to 48V.
Cutting integration risk
Arrow and eInfochips contribute their proven Rover mechanical platform and system integration expertise. "This solution brings together the performance, flexibility, and pre-validated integration robotics customers need to move faster from development to deployment," said Shelby Schnurrenberger, Arrow's vice president of supplier management for global semiconductors. ST robotics segment director Allan Lagasca said the collaboration helps customers "turn innovative robotic concepts into industrial-ready solutions."
Racing a booming AMR market
AMRs are transforming factories, warehouses and labs, but OEMs often struggle to independently assemble, validate and industrialize navigation, power, sensing and safety subsystems. Pre-tested platforms compress that work substantially — a trend running in parallel with rugged commercial AMR deployments like those of newly funded outdoor AMR maker Innok Robotics. The launch also deepens ST's robotics strategy following its 700V PowerGaN push for AI servers and robotics.
Reporting based on coverage from Electropages and Arrow Electronics.